Like squatting stern guards, massive medieval fortresses dominate many an Umbrian hilltown, including Narni …. …and Assisi: Spoleto as well. Each rocca (fortress) was meant to be an evident sign of Papal…
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I remembering seeing as a child, the televised operetta, “Amahl and the Night Visitors” by Giancarlo Menotti Many years later, all in our family were enthralled by a New York City Ballet…
North of Rome and not far south of Lake Bolsena, Tuscania’s origins are unknown though archaeological testimonials trace the town at least back to the Bronze Age. Already in the 6th-century B.C.…
Lake Bolsena – the largest volcanic lake in Europe – is encircled by an array of charming medieval towns of Etruscan origin. For me, one of the most charming is Marta. Nestled…
One of Latium’s most stunning Romanesque churches the Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore in Tuscania was first documented in the mid-9th-century in a Papal bull mandated by Pope Leo IV. Consecrated in 1206, the church…
Certainly as of the 6th-century B.C., an Etruscan town flourished on the shores of Lake Bolsena (Latium) – the largest volcanic lake in Europe – in the area of present-day Montefiascone. Many…
Roman remnants near the Cathedral of San Rufino greet you even steps away from the church: a paved Roman road was unearthed during restoration projects following the 1997 earthquake. This section of…
As of 1826, Assisi’s cultural association, l’Academia Properziana del Subasio, decided to gather together the ancient inscriptions and Roman remnants of the territory. The first nucleus of findings was kept in front of the…
When talking about Assisi romana, we really have to cover two time periods: the before, the after. An Italic people settled on the slopes of Mt. Subasio backdropping Assisi in about the 6th-century B.C.…
If you have the key, doors open to underground wonders in Assisi. Laura, dear friend of our Giulia and working in Assisi’s Roman Forum Museum, had the key(s) to two Assisi subterranean…